This national effort, which launches during the back-to-school season, aims to enable schools to revolutionise and improve the way children eat. The free, first-of-its-kind LunchBox website provides the necessary resources for foodservice directors to make tangible changes in their cafeteria menus.
“It’s past time for a wake-up call,” said Chef Ann Cooper, author of Lunch Lessons and Bitter Harvest, and founder of the F3: Food Family Farming Foundation. “We’re in the throes of a public health time bomb. This is the social justice issue of our time, and schools have no money to help solve the problem. I felt strongly about partnering with Whole Foods Market to help tackle this issue because their customers have a successful track record of rallying around a cause and making a real difference.”
Walter Robb, co-president and COO of Whole Foods Market, and Cooper will take the School Lunch Revolution message to Washington DC, to create public awareness and ask lawmakers to do their part to support stronger nutritional requirements and adequate funding for the National School Lunch Program.
Source: Whole Foods Market
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